Yavin Shaham

I'm excited to share another piece from my PhD - and start of my postdoc! Based on our previous study refining heroin self-administration, we propose a choice procedure to identify individual differences in preference for heroin and social interaction. bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bp…

Paper of the week: our collaborative @SfNJournals paper with the Yang Lab (1st au Ken Negishi, last au Ida Fredriksson) on the role of claustrum & its anatomical connections with ventral subiculum in incubation of opioid craving after voluntary abstinence pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39933931/

Review of the week: our review in @PharmRevJournal (1st au Jonathan Chow) summarizes studies on incubation of drug craving in animal models & humans since 2011. We also discuss the translational value of the incubation of drug craving model (Box 2) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40148031/

Special issue of the month: Excellent @PsychopharmEBPS issue on social behavior & neuropsychiatric disorders (editors: Daniele Caprioli, @MarcoVenniro, Sam Golden & Christelle Baunez). This issue is based on the 2022 EBPS workshop dedicated to this topic pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39969568/

The second symposium chaired by @NathanJMarchant explores the mechanisms of choice in rodent addiction models with evidence from behavioural and neurobiological measures. #EBPS2025

Symposia two is chaired by EBPS Past-President (but don't let that sway you) @yavinshaham. Here the group is discussing exciting recent advances in addiction research from both human and animal models!

My second paper is finally out, and I’m thrilled it’s been published as a follow-up to my first in @BrJPharmacol ! 🎉 Probably everyone knows our story, but here a short thread...🧵 (1/9) bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bp…

Congratulations to Dr. Anna Li on becoming a new @ACNPorg Associate Member! #WelcomeToACNP👋

Hey guys! Go to read the last paper from my Twitter-less friend Ken! 🤗🤗🤗 jneurosci.org/content/early/…

We have extended the deadline to give everyone a bit more time after the holidays to get their symposium proposals together #EBPS2025. All the information for our September meeting is on our new conference website! ebps2025.com

Following feedback at our workshop, we have rebranded our DEI committee to the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Committee (IDEA) to show our commitment to making the society, field and our meetings accessible to all our attendees and members. ebps.org/about/dei-comm…

Does Drug Intake Despite Adverse Consequences Really Measure Compulsivity? There’s a big debate in addiction research: is drug use despite adverse consequences (like punishment) a standalone measure of compulsive behavior, or just part of a larger addiction profile? This new…

Paper of the week: Our new @PsychopharmEBPS paper, led by Jennifer Bossert, on the effect of nociceptin receptor partial agonist & antagonist on heroin relapse in our rat model of opioid maintenance. Neither drug mimicked buprenorphine effect in the model pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39269500/

I received news this week that I've been promoted to full professor! As such, I have made some minor revisions to the label on my door. Special thanks to all of those who have offered their generous support/contributions for this academic journey. 🙂

Highlight #SfN24 was the Middle Eastern social. Thanks to @yavinshaham for organizing this. Iranians, Lebanese & Israelis going for drinks/food afterwards was the highlight of yesterday for me. Here to high hopes for a better shared future for people who have a shared history 🥂

+ Shaham postdoc Ginevra’s D’Ottavio’s @ginevradottavio poster. Tuesday Oct 8 8AM to noon Poster 300.01 Translating human drug use patterns into rat models: exploring spontaneous interindividual differences via refined drug self-administration procedures

Updated list with a few more Hope lab posters showcasing new tools to study neuronal ensembles relevant to drug seeking and relapse.

The Shaham & Hope labs at the SfN meeting: If you are interested in behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of drug self-administration, choice, relapse and social behavior, please visit our posters during the meeting

Middle Eastern & African Neuroscientists Social @ SfN: Sun, 6:30-8:00 pm; Marriott Marquis-Great Lakes Ballroom C. The social gathering's goal is to promote neuroscience research & collaborations in Middle East & Africa. We provide Middle Eastern food. Please join us & RT

#ThisWeekInNPP This study from Ma et al., (incl., @yavinshaham) demonstrates that inactivating the dorsomedial striatum - but not the medial orbitofrontal cortex - reduces oxycodone seeking after voluntary abstinence nature.com/articles/s4138…